Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Cancun considers using environmental trust fund to combat record sargassum arrival

Cancun officials are exploring the use of an environmental sanitation trust fund to address the overwhelming sargassum problem plaguing the region’s beaches.

Cancun is facing yet another wave of sargassum, and local officials say the situation is straining both the city’s manpower and financial resources. Miguel Ángel Zenteno, Municipal Trustee of Benito Juárez, is proposing that funds from the Right to Environmental Sanitation trust (Derecho de Saneamiento Ambiental) be used to bolster the city’s response.

“We always need to find resources to address this contingency which this . . .

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